updates and news

This just in… Scott Holmes just caught another 11inch bass on a fluke, Bruce’s favorite letter is “w”, Bill Kervaski’s boat is still clean, Michael likes Tacos, Eric is a %$&*, Mr. White has a posse and Kyle found a 5lb bass under his hotel bed.

Wrapping up our season at Neely Henry. some fairly challenging (keeper) fishing conditions emerged. The two-day championship yielded an interesting blend of both Spotted and Largeheads. The large spots didn’t really show up…A-BEAR caught a good one…seriously. But, it was on a buzzbait…so I don’t know if you can really say he was fishing for “Spots”. The big dudes were LMB’s. The four biggest…Kyle 5.31…Kyle 5.12…Josh Dickert 4.60...and Mr. Howle found a 4.97 toad in the camo boat. The E man closes out Angler of the year with a victory on the co-angler side, in an effort that was more challenging than he probably expected. But he bought Matthew (his boater) sausage briskets on Sunday morning, therefore the bass showed up in the Hebert boat. Seriously, if you feed him…they will come. Great job Eric.

Year-end awards:Big Fish for the year: Eric won big Spot (4.33lbs at Jordan) and Kyle won Big Largemouth at (5.31 at Neely Henry) They scored $390 each.

Angler of the year:Boater- Bruce Sargent - 409 points (Scott Homes 2nd with 391)Co-Angler- Eric Howle - 413 points (Steven White 2nd with 400) -------Not that his head needs to get any bigger, but a huge thank you goes out to Bruce for an amazing Tournament Season - both on and off the water. Thanks, Bruce.--------A huge shout-out to our newest member, Jake Maddox of Spain Park. He finished 2nd in this week’s Alabama High School Bass Fishing Association regional 3 tournament at Lay Lake on Saturday (100 boats). Jake had a three fish limit of 8.02. Great job, Jake. Ironically, he was bested by my friend’s son from Vestavia, Nicholas Maluff, who had an unimaginable three fish limit of 13.75. He’s a jr…I’ll get him on board next year.-------Oct 20. Next Meeting - The Restifo's​Lastly, please make it to the First Annual BBC Fiesta and Meeting at Casa De Restifo on Oct. 20th! Michael is hosting our next meeting at his home. This meeting is a week earlier due to the Nation Championship the following week. A taco truck is scheduled to be on site, and beverages will be ready for consumption. Feel free to BYOB if you’d like. We need to plan for food and drink so please RSVP to me by next Friday at 10/14. You need to show-up! We will be presenting the officer slate for next year, and discussing the plan for 2017. So, don’t be lazy…RSVP today...email me (rkinder@uab.edu). I’ll buy your first taco …and beer.